I’m always talking about, practically begging people to let me help them take control over their lives and finally love what they do.  You can’t do it alone, I advise.  That’s sound advice except this weekend I found myself just as stuck as some of my clients.

I’ve been in a vicious cycle of running myself ragged on the weekends, only to end up exhausted on Sunday nights and a grumpy Gus on Monday mornings.  It had become my normal, the expectation that I’d gotten comfortable with.  But this Sunday night, something came over me as I stared at the pile of dishes that needed to be washed and lunches that needed to be packed.  On a whim, I took my own advice and asked for help, asking my husband to take care of my kitchen duties while I worked to meet a client deadline.  Then I realized something.

Now I understand that my offers to help people don’t fall on deaf ears.  They fall on oblivious ears.  We can get so stuck on our hamster wheels, going about life on auto pilot that being tired, unhappy, unfulfilled becomes are new norm.  We just learn to live with it until we experience better (if better ever comes along). Sometimes we don’t even realize that we want or in my case need better.  So this week I’m not handing out any advice. Instead  I challenge you to think about the other areas of your life that need could use some help, then ask for it.  So far it’s working for me.

Greatness awaits,

Ashley